The media in the Philippines continue to portray abortion as a population control measure, not understanding that reproductive health care is a right. But U.S. policies like the global gag rule, which sensationalize abortion, aren’t helping.
Despite the difficulties reproductive health advocates faced in the Philippines in 2007, engaging in the debates on RH remained important in continuing to secure “public spaces” for the reproductive health agenda.
Presidential politics in the Philippines means that reproductive health care in that country is up for debate.
Years ago my friend and I were estranged, in part because of our differences of opinion about a woman’s right to choose an abortion. Recently, both acknowledging the complexity of the issue, we reconnected.
Despite the recognized benefits of universal programs aimed at young girls there is still a need to raise concerns about vulnerable and disadvantaged groups of women who are simply falling through the cracks.
In the face of fast-paced technological advances in health and medicine, the field of law and policy seems to be stuck in a never ending game of catch up. What are some of the important issues around law and new health and medical technology?
In the context of increasingly privatized health care within a public health care system and alongside policy scripts fueling “tax cuts,” who is accountable and responsible for public health in Canada?
The sponsor of the Philippines’ reproductive health bill has recently accepted reproductive health as a human right, not as a population control measure.
In the Philippines, arguments in favor of abortion legalization appeal both to rights to choice and privacy as well as to compassion.
Can a ban on family planning services be considered a denial of basic health care? Advocates in Manila will find out.
